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Teachers  College 


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The  State  University 


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North  Dakota 


GRAND  FORKS 
1909 


BULLETIN 


Teachers  College 

and 

The  Model  School 


of 

The  State  University 

of 

North  Dakota 


GRAND  FORKS 
1909 


UNIVERSITY  CALENDAR. 


1909 —  May  1,  Saturday.  Last  Day  for  Handing  in  Essays  for  Bennett  Prize. 
May  15,  Saturday.  Last  Day  for  Handing  in  Master’s  Theses. 

June  1,  Tuesday.  Last  Day  for  Handing  in  Thesis  for  Winship 

Scholarship. 

June  7,  Monday.-  Oratorical  Contest  for  the  Stockwell  Prize. 

June  10,  Thursday.  Final  Examinations  Begin. 

June  12,  Saturday.  Declamation  Contest  for  Main  Trophy. 

June  13,  Sunday.  Baccalaureate  Sermon. 

June  14,  Monday.  Law  School  Exercises. 

June  15,  Tuesday.  Class  Day. 

June  16,  Wednesday.  Alumni  Day.  Reception  by  Women’s  League. 

President’s  Reception. 

June  1 7,  Thursday.  Commencement  Day. 

June  21,  Monday.  Summer  Term  Begins. 

July  30,  Friday.  Summer  Term  Ends. 

September  21,  Tuesday.  Twenty-sixth  Year  Begins.  Enrollment  and 
Registration  in  All  Departments. 

September  25,  Saturday.  Annual  Reception  by  the  Young  Men’s  and 
Young  Women’s  Christian  Associations. 

October  2,  Saturday.  Annual  “House”  Party. 

November  25,  Thursday.  Thanksgiving  Day.  No  University  Exercises. 
December  18,  Saturday.  Holiday  Recess  Begins. 

1910 —  January  4,  Tuesday.  University  Work  Resumed. 

February  1,  Tuesday.  Mid-Year  Examinations  Begin. 

February  8,  Tuesday.  Second  Semester  Begins;  Enrollment  and  Reg- 
istration. 

February  12,  Saturday.  Lincoln’s  Birthday.  Patriotic  Exercises.  An- 
nual Reception  by  Women’s  League. 

February  14,  Monday.  Annual  Oratorical  Contest  for  Merrifield  Prizes. 
February  22,  Tuesday.  Founders’  Day. 

March  23,  Wednesday.  Spring  Recess  Begins  at  the  Close  of  the 
Regular  Program. 

March  29,  Tuesday.  University  Work  Resumed. 

May  2,  Monday.  Last  Day  for  Handing  in  Essays  for  Bennett  Prize. 
May  16,  Monday.  Last  Day  for  Handing  in  Master’s  Theses. 

June  1,  Wednesday.  Last  Day  for  Handing  in  Thesis  for  Winship 
Scholarship. 

June  6,  Monday.  Oratorical  Contest  for  the  Stockwell  Prizes. 

June  9,  Thursday.  Final  Examinations  Begin. 

June  11,  Saturday.  Declamation  Contest  for  Main  Trophy. 

June  12,  Sunday.  Baccalaureate  Sermon. 

June  13,  Monday.  Law  School  Exercises. 

June  14,  Tuesday.  Class  Day. 

June  15,  Wednesday.  Alumni  Day.  Reception  by  Women’s  League. 

President’s  Reception. 

June  16,  Thursday.  Commencement  Day. 

September  20,  Tuesday.  Twenty-seventh  Year  Begins. 


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TEACHERS  COLLEGE. 


FACULTY. 


WEBSTER  MERRIFIELD,  M.  A., 

President  of  the  University  (Retires  June  17,  1909). 

FRANK  L.  McVEY,  Ph.  D., 

President  of  the  University  (after  June  17,  1909). 

JOSEPH  KENNEDY,  M.  A, 

Dean,  and  Professor  of  Philosophy  and  Education. 

EARLE  J.  BABCOCK,  B.  S, 

Professor  of  Chemistry. 

GEORGE  S.  THOMAS,  M.  A.,  Ph.  D., 

Professor  of  the  Latin  Language  and  Literature. 

MELVIN  A.  BRANNON,  M.  A., 

Professor  of  Biology. 

VERNON  P.  SQUIRES,  M.  A., 

Professor  of  the  English  Language  and  Literature. 

JOHN  TINGELSTAD,  M.  A., 

Professor  of  the  Scandinavian  and  German  Languages 
and  Literatures. 

ELWYN  F.  CHANDLER,  M.  A., 

Professor  of  Mathematics. 

ORIN  G.  LIBBY,  Ph.  D, 

Professor  of  History. 

G.  WALTER  STEWART,  Ph.  D, 

Professor  of  Physics. 

ARTHUR  G.  LEONARD,  Ph.  D., 

Professor  of  Geology  and  Mineralogy. 

A.  J.  LADD,  M.  A.,  Ph.  D., 

Professor  of  the  History  of  Education  and  Educational  Psychology. 

JAMES  E.  BOYLE,  Ph.  D., 

Professor  of  Political  Science  and  Economics. 

ALBERT  J.  BECKER,  B.  S.,  M.  E., 

Professor  of  Mechanical  Drawing. 

GOTTFRIED  E.  HULT,  M.  A., 

Professor  of  the  Greek  Language  and  Literature. 

C.  C.  SCHMIDT,  M.  A., 

Professor  of  Methods  and  School  Administration. 


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GUSTAV  F.  RUEDIGER,  M.  D.,  Ph.  D., 

Professor  of  Hygiene. 

JOHN  M.  GILLETTE,  B.  D.,  Ph.  D., 

Professor  of  Social  Science. 

GEORGE  ST.  JOHN  PERROTT,  B.  A, 

Associate  Professor  of  Latin. 

FREDERICK  H.  KOCH,  M.  A, 

Assistant  Professor  of  Dramatic  Literature  and  Oratory. 

HENRY  LeDAUM,  M.  A., 

Assistant  Professor  (in  Charge)  of  Romance  Languages. 

W.  M.  BRYANT,  M.  Acct., 

Instructor  in  Commercial  Geography,  Business  Methods,  and  Accounting. 

MARCIA  BISBEE,  M.  A., 

Instructor  in  Chemistry. 

JENS  M.  RYSGAARD,  B.  A., 

Instructor  in  Mathematics  and  Physics. 

ELLA  L.  FULTON,  B.  A., 

Instructor  in  Biology. 

SAMUEL  J.  PEASE,  M.  A., 

Instructor  in  German. 

ROBERT  E.  YOUNG,  Ph.  D., 

Instructor  in  Biology. 

MARTIN  B.  RUUD,  M.  A, 

Instructor  in  English. 

CHARLES  H.  COMPTON,  B.  A., 

Librarian,  and  Instructor  in  Library  Work. 

JOHN  G.  BARRY,  B.  S.,  E.  M, 

Instructor  in  Geology  and  Mineralogy. 

D.  L.  DUNLAP,  M.  D., 

Physical  Director  for  Men. 

A.  W.  CLOW,  Ph.  B., 

Assistant  Physical  Director  for  Men. 

M.  ESTHER  PIKE, 

Physical  Director  for  Women. 

CHRISTINE  HOLMES  BOYSON,  B.  S., 

Instructor  in  Special  Methods  in  English. 

GOLA  F.  BAKER, 

Instructor  in  Music,  Art,  and  Design. 


TEACHERS  COLLEGE. 


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LECTURERS. 


ALICE  W.  COOLEY  (Author), 
Lecturer  on  Elementary  Education. 

RICHARD  HEYWARD,  B.  A, 
(State  Inspector  of  High  Schools), 
Lecturer  on  Secondary  Education. 


GENERAL  INFORMATION. 

HISTORY  AND  AIM. 

A Normal  college,  or  department,  was  established  by  charter 
at  the  founding  of  the  University  in  1883.  The  curriculum  of  this 
department,  up  to  1905,  included,  academically  and  professionally, 
the  equivalent  of  a high  school  course  and  the  first  two  years  of 
college  work.  Its  primary  aim  was  the  preparation  of  teachers  for 
the  elementary  schools  and  for  the  smaller  graded  and  high  schools 
of  the  state. 

In  1905  the  Board  of  Trustees  established  Teachers  College, 
thus  extending  the  previous  course  to  full  college  rank.  The  aim 
of  Teachers  College  is  to  be  a professional  school  for  the  education 
of  teachers  and  leaders  of  educational  thought.  Its  aim  is  specifically 
and  primarily  to  prepare  men  and  women  as  teachers  of  special 
subjects  in  high  schools,  as  principals  of  graded  and  high  schools,  as 
superintendent  of  schools,  as  teachers  and  supervisors  of  special 
subjects,  and  as  instructors  in  educational  institutions. 

NEW  TEACHERS  COLLEGE  BUILDING. 

The  legislature  has  made  an  appropriation  for  a new  Teachers 
College  building  which  will  house  the  Model  School  also.  Work  will 
be  begun  at  once  and  when  completed  it  will  be  one  of  the  finest 
buildings  on  the  Campus.  This  will  make  possible  the  realization 
of  the  aim  of  the  University  through  Teachers  College  to  make 
provision  in  the  most  ample  manner  for  the  preparation  of  young 
men  and  women  for  positions  in  the  secondary  schools  of  the  state. 

EXPLANATIONS. 

The  unit  of  credit  is  the  semester-hour  graded  D or  C,  with  the 
work  of  preparation  involved.  Students  are  reported  at  the  end  of 
each  semester  as  follows:  A and  B (honor),  C (satisfactory),  D 
(passed),  E (conditioned),  F (failed).  The  semester-hour  graded 


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A gives  1.3  credits;  B,  1.2;  C,  I;  and  D,  1.  An  E or  F,  or  2 D’s 
estops  extra  credit  in  other  subjects  for  that  semester.  A total  of 
124  credits  is  necessary  for  graduation;  moreover,  no  student  is 
graduated  unless  one-half  of  his  credits  are  gotten  on  standings 
above  D.  See  index  for  “Credits,”  “Courses  of  Instruction,”  etc. 


REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ENTRANCE. 


For  entrance  to  Teachers  College  it  is  necessary  to  have  com- 
pleted the  following: 

Required  Subjects — 

1.  English 3 years  4.  Physics 1 year 

2.  Algebra  (thru  quadratics) 1 year  5.  History  ancient  or  general 1 year 

3.  Geometry  (pi.) 1 year  6-  Foreign  language 2 years 

Electives — 

A sufficient  amount  of  elective  work  must  be  offered  from  the 
following  list  to  make  15  year-courses  or  their  equivalent. 


1.  Agriculture Vt  or  1 year 

2.  Algebra  (higher.) Vi  year 

3.  Arithmetic  (Senior  or  Commer- 

cial)   Vi  year 

4.  Astronomy Vi  year 

5.  Book-keeping- Vi  to  2 years 

6.  Botany Vi  or  1 year 

7.  Chemistry 1 year 

8.  Civics Vi  year 

9.  Commercial  Geography Vi  year 

10.  Commercial  Law Vi  year 

11.  Drawing  (freehand  or  mechani- 

cal)  Vi  to  2 years 

12.  English 1 year 

13.  French 1 to  3 years 

14.  Geology  (el.) Vi  year 

15.  Geometry  (sd.> Vi  year 

16.  German 1 to  3 years 


17.  Grammar  (Senior) - -Vi  year 

18.  Greek 1 to  3 years 

19.  History Vi  to  2 years 

20.  Latin 1 to  4 years 

21.  Manual  training V to  2 years 

22.  Meteorology  or  physical  geogra- 

phy — Vi  year 

23.  Music Vi  or  1 year 

24.  Political  economy Vi  or  1 year 

25.  Psychology --Vi  year 

26.  Scandinavian ...I  to  3 years 

27.  School  management  and  art  of 

teaching Vi  year 

28.  Spanish — 1 to  3 years 

29.  Stenography 1 or  ll4  years 

30.  Trigonometry  (pi.) --%  year 

31.  Typewriting Vi  year 

32.  Zoology Vi  or  1 year 


If  an  applicant  enter  with  only  one  year  of  a modern  language 
among  his  electives,  he  must  pursue  that  language  at  least  one  year 
in  college.  Latin  can  not  be  taken  in  college  unless  the  student  has 
had  at  least  two  years  of  it  before  entrance. 

Should  an  applicant  be  deficient  in  the  entrance  requirements, 
he  may  enter  with  conditions  but  must  make  these  up  during  the 
first  year.  He  will  have  an  opportunity  to  pursue  such  subjects  in 
the  Model  school. 


Certificates  of  the  high  school  board,  of  principals  and  superin- 
tendents of  first  class  high  schools,  and  certificates  gotten  in  other 
states  and  accredited  by  the  state  universities  of  those  states,  are 
accepted  in  lieu  of  examination. 

A subject  offered  to  satisfy  an  entrance  requirement  must 
remain  where  offered  and  can  not  thereafter  be  interchanged  with 
other  courses.  A new  student  must  also  offer  all  the  credentials 


which  he  claims  within  one  semester  after  entrance. 


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ADVANCED  STANDING. 

Students  who  have  done  college  work  elsewhere  may  receive 
credit  for  it  either  on  examination  or  on  presentation  of  accptable 
credentials.  Heads  of  departments  at  the  University  accord  such 
credit  to  those  credentials,  in  their  respective  fields,  as  they  deem 
just;  no  such  student,  however,  will  be  granted  the  Bachelor’s 
degree  or  a diploma  without  at  least  one  year’s  work  in  residence. 

Graduates  of  the  State  Normal  schools  are  given  credit  for  one 
year’s  work  (31  credits)  in  Teachers  College.  Eight  hours  of 
advanced  work  in  Education,  such  as  the  Dean  may  direct,  entitle 
them  at  graduation  to  the  Bachelor’s  Diploma  along  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  All  claims  for  credits  must  be  made  before 
the  close  of  the  first  semester  after  entrance. 

TEACHERS  COLLEGE  CURRICULUM. 

1.  Required — 

Education : 23  credits,  including  four  in  the  history  of  Educa- 
tion, four  in  the  philosophy  of  Education,  and  three  in  special  meth- 
ods in  High  School  Studies,  including  observation  and  practice  for 
all ; and  three  in  school  supervision  and  administration  for  those 
preparing  for  administrative  positions ; other  courses  elective.  The 
professional  part  of  special  group  subjects  may  also  be  included  in 
Education. 

English  1 and  2. 

Psychology  (general)  if  Educational  Psychology  is  not  taken 
under  Education. 

Logic  or  ethics. 

Natural  science:  8 hours  credit. 

Some  one  foreign  language:  14  hours  credit. 

Physical  Culture:  2 hours  credit. 

Public  Hygiene  and  Sanitation : 2 hours  credit. 

Library  Work:  1 hour  credit. 

2.  Electives: — 

A sufficient  amount  of  elective  work  to  give  a total  of  124 
credits  is  necessary  to  secure  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  and 
the  Bachelor’s  Diploma  in  Education. 

3.  Special  Preparation: — 

It  is  necessary  for  prospective  teachers  or  superintendents  to 
elect  their  courses  in  view  of  the  position  for  which  they  are  pre- 
paring. They  will,  then,  make  known  to  the  Dean  their  lines  of 
special  preparation  as  soon  as  possible. 


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Each  candidate  for  graduation  prepares  specially  on  from  one 
to  three  subjects,  or  lines  of  work,  and  these  are  written  and  certi- 
fied in  his  Bachelor’s  Diploma  (the  professional  instrument)  at 
graduation.  The  following  are  the  minimum  requirements  in  the 
several  special  subjects  available: 

(1)  Biology:  16  hours  in  addition  to  8 hours  of  chemistry. 

(2)  Chemistry:  16  hours. 

(3)  Commercial  subjects:  8 hours  in  addition  to  the  three  year 

courses  offered  at  entrance  or  taken  in  the  Model  School. 

(4  English:  19  hours. 

(5)  Geology:  8 hours  in  addition  to  8 hours  of  chemistry,  and 

the  physiography  taken  in  high  schools. 

(6)  History:  16  hours. 

(7)  Latin:  16  hours  above  Vergil. 

(8)  Mathematics:  8 hours  in  addition  to  the  higher  algebra 

and  solid  geometry  taken  in  high  schools. 

(9)  Modern  languages:  three  years  in  each. 

( 10)  Physics : 8 hours  in  addition  to  8 hours  of  chemistry. 

( 1 1 ) Political  science : 8 hours  in  addition  to  the  year  course 

taken  in  high  schools. 

Note. — In  addition  to  the  academic  requirement  for  each  group, 
a teacher’s  course  covering  the  theory  and  practice  of  teaching  the 
subject  must  be  taken  when  required  by  the  faculty. 

bachelor  of  arts  and  bachelor’s  diploma. 

When  a student  has  completed  the  curriculum  of  Teachers 
College,  (124  credits),  which  ordinarily  takes  four  years  but  which 
can  be  completed  sooner  by  very  good  students,  he  will  be  entitled 
to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  (B.  A.)  and  to  the  Bachelor’s 
Diploma  in  Education.  This  last  is  valid  as  a state  certificate  of  the 
second  class  for  three  years.  After  one  year’s  experience  such 
person  is  entitled  to  the  state  certificate  of  the  first  class,  valid  for 
five  years;  and  after  sixteen  months’  experience  he  may  secure  the 
Professional  certificate  valid  for  life. 

RELATION  TO  THE  COLLEGE  OF  LIBERAL  ARTS. 

Since  the  graduates  of  Teachers  College  receive  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts  they  must  fulfill  the  same  requirements  for  the 
degree  as  do  the  graduates  of  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts;  that  is. 
they  must  complete  the  courses  prescribed  for  all,  and  must  also 
satisfy  the  group  requirements.  This  latter  they  fulfill  by  securing 


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thirty-one  (31)  credits  in  the  group  designated  “Philosophy  and 
Education.”  This  is  the  professional  group  and  is  required  in 
Teachers  College  while  it  is  elective  in  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts 
This  group  includes  psychology,  logic  or  ethics,  the  history, 
psychology  and  philosophy  of  education,  general  and  special  method, 
and  school  administration. 

THE  MASTER’S  DEGREE. 

Any  person  having  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  (B.  A.)  from 
the  University  or  any  other  institution  of  like  standing,  may,  upon 
written  application,  become  a candidate  for  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts.  The  Master’s  degree  is,  historically  and  at  present  actually, 
the  teacher’s  degree — Magister  (teacher)  Artium.  Those  who  seek 
it  have  everywhere  and  in  almost  all  cases  teaching  in  view.  The 
candidate  may  take  his  major  or  minors  in  Education. 

It  involves  a year’s  work,  in  residence,  on  a major  subject  with 
its  thesis,  and  two  minors.  The  applicant,  if  the  holder  of  the  B.  A. 
degree  from  the  University  may  be  permitted  to  do  this  work  in 
absentia,  in  which  case  two  years  at  least  will  be  required. 

In  all  cases  the  candidate  must  pass  a satisfactory  examination 
and  present  a thesis  on  or  before  May  15th  of  the  year  in  which  he 
applies  for  his  degree. 

SPECIAL  STUDENTS  AND  CERTIFICATES. 

Persons  of  earnest  purpose  who  have  completed  the  entrance 
requirements  or  their  equivalent  but  who  can  not  spend  the  time 
necessary  for  a degree  are  admitted  freely  into  existing  classes  for 
which  they  are  prepared.  Such  persons  may  qualify  for  special  lines 
of  teaching;  and  provided  they  have  done  not  less  than  two  years’ 
work,  or  sixty-two  credits,  including  the  specific  requirements,  will 
be  given  special  certificates  valid  in  law  as  state  teachers’  certificates. 
For  the  present,  opportunity  is  offered  in  the  following  lines : 

( I ) Preparation  for  teaching  in  the  common  and  smaller  high 
schools.  In  order  to  qualify  for  this  purpose  and  to  secure  the 
Teacher’s  Diploma,  the  student  must  take  in  Teachers  College  a 
semester  in  the  history  of  education,  one  in  general  or  educational 
psychology,  two  in  special  methods,  seven  hours  of  elective  work 
in  Education,  eight  hours  in  English,  and  eight  hours  in  History ; the 
remainder  of  the  sixty-two  credits  are  elective.  If  a student  has  had 
for  entrance  a year  of  pedagogy  (psychology  and  school  manage- 


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ment)  or  of  the  senior  common  branches,  only  one  semester  of 
special  methods  is  required. 

(2)  Preparation  for  teaching  the  commercial  subjects  in  high 
schools.  For  this  purpose,  and  to  secure  the  special  certificate  of 
qualification,  it  is  necessary  to  have  for  entrance,  book-keeping, 
commercial  law  and  two  years  of  shorthand  and  typewriting;  and 
to  take  in  Teachers  College  the  courses  in  modern  business  methods 
and  accounting  and  in  commercial  geography;  also  eight  semester 
hours  in  English,  eight  in  political  science  and  sixteen  in  Education. 
The  remainder  of  the  sixty-two  credits  are  elective.  An  excellent 
opportunity  is  offered  in  Teachers  College  to  prepare  for  filling  the 
many  demands  for  teachers  of  commercial  subjects  in  the  high 
schools  of  the  state. 

(3)  Preparation  for  the  teaching  of  music  and  drawing.  The 
demand  for  special  teachers  in  these  lines  is  increasing,  and 
Teachers  College  is  making  provision  for  such  instruction  and 
equipment  as  will  adequately  meet  it.  Special  appropriate  certificates 
will  be  granted  on  the  completion  of  the  two-year  course. 

OBSERVATION  AND  PRACTICE. 

With  the  transformation  of  the  Preparatory  department  into 
a Model  school  for  Teachers  College,  in  charge  of  the  department 
of  Education,  opportunity  will  be  afforded  for  observation  and 
practice  to  members  of  the  senior  class. 

THE  MODEL  SCHOOL. 

What  has  heretofore  been  known  as  the  Preparatory  depart- 
ment is  partly  transformed  into  a Model  school  for  Teachers  College. 
The  Commercial  department  is  now  a strong  four-year  commercial 
course  in  the  Model  school,  and  the  English  heretofore  done  in  the 
Preparatory  department  is  transferred  in  toto  to  the  Model  school. 
Four  courses  in  English  are  offered  by  an  instructor  specially 
selected  for  that  work.  The  legislature  has  made  an  appropriation 
for  a building  for  Teachers  College  and  the  Model  school  and  thus 
makes  possible  the  complete  transformation.  The  balance  of  the 
work  of  the  Preparatory  department  will  be  transferred  as  soon 
as  possible  from  the  college  departments  now  carrying  it,  to  a 
separate  Model  school  management  and  faculty.  See  full  account 
of  Model  school,  courses  of  study,  time-table,  etc.,  following. 

REFERENCES. 

For  information  in  regard  to  “Expenses,”  “Courses  of  Instruc- 
tion,” the  “Recommendation  Committee”  and  the  “Summer  School,” 
see  index  for  the  page. 


THE  MODEL  SCHOOL. 

Connected  with  Teachers  College . 


FACULTY. 


C.  C.  SCHMIDT,  M.  A., 
Superintendent. 

*W.  M.  BRYANT,  M.  Acct., 
Instructor  in  Commercial  Branches. 
*GERTRUDE  BEERS, 

Instructor  in  Stenography  and  Typewriting. 
CHRISTINE  HOLMES  BOYSON, 
Instructor  in  English. 

GOLA  F.  BAKER, 

Instructor  in  Music  and  Drawing. 

E.  T.  WHITSON, 

Instructor  in  Stenography  and  Typewriting. 


Instructor  in  History  and  Civics. 
FLORA  E.  BALCH, 
Instructor  in  Mathematics. 
GEORGE  M.  JONES, 
Instructor  in  Commercial  Branches. 


The  remainder  of  the  instruction  is  for  the  present  given  by 
the  faculty  of  Teachers  College. 


GENERAL  INFORMATION. 

PRESENT  STATUS. 

The  old  Preparatory  Department  of  the  University  has  been 
greatly  reduced  in  numbers,  and  now,  together  with  the  School  of 
Commerce,  is  being  transformed  into  a model  high  school  for 
Teachers  College,  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  observation  and 
practice.  A portion  of  the  classes  of  this  school  are  now  instructed 
by  a separate  faculty  assisted  by  the  senior  students  of  Teachers 
College,  the  work  being  under  the  general  supervision  of  the 
professor  of  School  Administration.  Lack  of  sufficient  number  of 
class  rooms  makes  it  necessary  to  allow  the  rest  of  the  high  school 
work  to  remain  attached  to  the  regular  departments  of  the 


Resigned. 


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University  until  the  new  Teachers  College  building,  which  the  last 
legislative  assembly  provided  for,  can  be  completed. 

It  is  the  hope  of  Teachers  College  to  make  this  institution  a 


model  high  school  for  North  Dakota  in  the  literal  sense  of  the 


phrase  and  in  every  particular.  It  is  felt  that  untold  benefit  will 
be  rendered  to  our  entire  high  school  system  if  Teachers  College  can 
develop  a school  whose  building,  equipment,  curriculum,  and  instruc- 
tion are  of  such  a character  as  to  furnish  as  nearly  as  possible  a 
faultless  pattern  to  our  students  and  to  visiting  teachers  and  school 
officers  from  all  parts  of  the  state. 


THE  COMMERCIAL  DEPARTMENT. 


The  Commercial  Department  of  the  Model  School  is  the  out- 
growth of  the  School  of  Commerce  which  was  for  a number  of 
years  a separate  department  of  the  University,  and  has  enabled  a 
large  body  of  young  people  to  secure  a training  in  commercial 
subjects  under  the  most  helpful  conditions.  It  is  believed  that  the 
facilities  offered  are  equal  to  those  found  in  the  best  commercial 
schools  of  the  country.  The  department  occupies  several  commo- 
dious rooms,  and  is  provided  with  furniture  and  equipment  especially 
designed  for  its  work.  The  model  offices  are  supplied  with 
stationery,  books  of  account,  filing  cases,  copying  presses,  etc.,  of 
the  highest  grade  and  design.  A well  selected  departmental  library, 
containing  reference  books  and  magazines  dealing  with  commercial 
topics,  is  at  the  disposal  of  students. 

Throughout  North  Dakota  and  the  adjoining  states  there  are 
many  young  men  and  women  occupying  positions  of  trust  and 
responsibility  who  received  their  business  training  in  the  School  of 
Commerce.  The  course  in  Bank  Accounting  and  Management  (a 
part  of  Bookkeeping  II)  is  so  thorough  and  practical  that  many  of 
our  students  have  gone  from  the  school  room  into  active  bank  work, 
and  there  is  an  increasing  demand  upon  us  for  persons  to  take  such 
positions. 

Graduates  from  other  high  schools  who  desire  to  do  so  are 
allowed  to  enter  the  Model  School  for  purely  commercial  subjects 
and  may  complete  that  part  of  the  work  in  less  time  than  indicated 
on  the  schedules. 

Classes  in  stenography  will  be  organized  at  the  beginning  of 
the  fall  semester  and  again  immediately  after  the  Christmas  vacation. 
All  students  in  stenography,  typewriting  and  bookkeeping  will  be 


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allowed  to  advance  as  rapidly  as  they  are  able  to  complete  the 
required  work  in  a satisfactory  manner. 

REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ADMISSION. 

Applicants  for  admission  to  the  Model  High  School  must  pass 
a satisfactory  examination  in  reading,  spelling,  penmanship,  arith- 
metic, English  grammar,  United  States  history  and  geography.  A 
second  grade  teacher’s  certificate  or  a common  school  diploma  is 
accepted  in  lieu  of  the  examination  in  all  these  subjects,  and  a 
certificate  of  the  State  High  School  Board  is  accepted  in  lieu  of  an 
examination  in  the  subject  which  it  covers. 

Students  who  have  completed  any  of  the  high  school  subjects 
elsewhere  and  desiring  to  obtain  credit  for  such  work  must  make 
application  for  advanced  standing  during  the  first  semester  after 
entrance. 

Only  a limited  number  of  students  can  be  admitted,  but  it  is 
hoped  to  have  every  county  in  the  state  represented  in  the  enroll- 
ment. Students  are  particularly  invited  from  those  communities 
that  have  no  high  schools  or  whose  school  offers  only  one,  two  or 
three  years  of  high  school  work  which  they  have  completed.  Such 
students  will  find  a good  opportunity  for  finishing  their  secondary 
education  in  this  school. 


FEES. 

No  tuition  is  charged  in  the  Model  School,  but  students  must 
pay  the  annual  incidental  fee  of  five  dollars,  the  deposit  fee  of  three 
dollars,  the  library  fee  of  seventy-five  cents  a semester,  and  the 
athletic  fee  of  sveenty-five  cents  a semester,  as  required  of  students 
in  the  collegiate  departments  of  the  University.  As  the  deposit  is 
simply  to  cover  any  damage  the  student  may  do  to  the  property  of 
the  University,  so  much  of  it  as  is  not  expended  on  this  account 
is  refunded  at  the  close  of  the  year. 

In  addition  to  the  above  there  are  fees  for  certain  subjects  to 
cover  the  cost  of  materials  used.  Students  in  bookkeeping  pay  a 
business  practice  fee  of  three  dollars  a semester,  and  students  in 
typewriting  pay  twenty-five  cents  a week  for  the  use  of  the  type- 
writer. For  biology,  physics  and  physiography  the  laboratory  fee 
is  one  dollar,  and  for  chemistry  it  is  three  dollars  per  semester;  for 
manual  training  the  shop  fee  is  five  dollars  per  semester  for  the 
half-course. 


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SYSTEM  OF  MARKING. 

An  examination  is  held  in  each  course  at  the  end  of  the  semester 
from  which  no  student  can  be  exempted.  The  result  of  this  exam- 
ination, combined  with  the  student’s  daily  work,  determines  his 
grade  which  is  reported  as  A,  B,  C,  D,  E,  F,  or  I.  In  this  system 
“A”  is  the  highest  and  “D”  the  lowest  passing  mark.  “E”  means 
conditioned,  “F”  failed,  “I”  incomplete.  A condition  may  be  made 
up  outside  the  class,  but  if  a student  has  failed  in  a subject  he  can 
get  credit  in  it  only  by  taking  it  over  again  in  class.  An  “Incom- 
plete” must  be  made  up  within  two  weeks  after  the  student’s  return 
to  the  school,  else  it  becomes  a condition  or  “E.”  To  secure  a special 
examination  for  the  removal  of  an  Incomplete  or  a Condition  the 
student  must  present  to  the  instructor  in  charge  a receipt  from  the 
Registrar  for  the  required  fee  of  one  dollar. 

AMOUNT  OF  WORK.  GRADUATION. 

The  normal  amount  of  work  for  a student  is  four  full  courses 
at  a time,  but  a student  whose  work  for  one  semester  has  averaged 
“B”  grade  will  be  allowed  to  take  five  courses  as  long  as  he  carries 
them  satisfactorily  and  thus  shorten  the  time  necessary  for  the 
completion  of  the  curriculum.  No  extra  credit  for  quality  is  given 
in  the  Model  School. 

The  satisfactory  completion  of  sixteen  courses,  including  the 
required  subjects  of  the  curriculum  chosen,  entitles  a student  to 
graduation  from  the  Model  School. 

SPECIAL  STUDENTS. 

Persons  for  whom  it  is  impossible  to  attend  the  entire  time 
necessary  for  the  completion  of  a four-year  curriculum,  and  who 
wish  for  a shorter  time  to  pursue  special  courses,  will  be  admitted 
freely  into  existing  classes  for  which  they  are  prepared.  Such 
students,  however,  must  meet  the  requirements  for  admission  as 
given  elsewhere. 

COURSES  OF  STUDY. 

Below  are  listed  the  various  subjects  that  are  offered  in  the 
Model  School.  It  will  be  noticed  that  a portion  of  the  work  is 
required  or  constant  and  the  remainder  is  elective.  The  subjects 
should  be  taken  as  nearly  as  practicable  in  the  order  prescribed. 
The  daily  program  or  time  table  is  arranged  to  accommodate  the 
students  who  follow  the  schedule.  Students  will  not  be  permitted 
to  undertake  subjects  for  which  they  are  not  sufficiently  advanced. 


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The  unit  of  measurement  is  a “course”  which  represents  the 
amount  of  work  done  in  carrying  a study  for  one  year  with  five 
recitations  a week.  In  case  a laboratory  or  unprepared  work  two 
or  three  periods  are  required  as  an  equivalent  of  one  recitation  on 
a prepared  lesson. 

THE  GENERAL  CURRICULUM. 

The  purpose  of  this  curriculum  is  twofold.  It  offers  a first 
class  general  education  of  high  school  grade,  and,  secondly,  it  will 
also  meet  almost  any  specific  demand  that  students  may  reasonably 
make  upon  a high  school.  The  following  specific  ends  may  be 
pointed  out: 

1.  It  will  prepare  students  for  entering  college.  Students 
completing  the  curriculum  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  will 
be  admitted  to  Teachers  College  or  to  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts 
of  the  University  of  North  Dakota,  without  conditions  provided 
they  have  taken  two  years  of  a foreign  language.  Students  prepar- 
ing for  admission  to  other  colleges  should  ascertain  the  entrance 
requirements  of  the  institution  they  have  in  view  and  select  their 
studies  accordingly.  The  requirements  of  the  colleges  of  Engineer- 
ing and  Medicine  of  the  University  will  be  found  in  this  bulletin. 

2.  The  curriculum  offers  a good  business  education.  Students 
may  take  among  their  electives  all  the  commercial  work  given  in 
the  schedule,  and  still  meet  the  requirements  for  graduation. 

3.  While  not  posing  as  a normal  school  for  teachers,  the  Model 
School  in  common  with  all  good  high  schools,  furnishes  a splendid 
opportunity  to  prepare  for  the  regular  examinations  for  a first  grade 
teacher’s  certificate.  The  following  subjects  will  be  found  especially 
valuable  for  that  purpose : Art  of  teaching,  psychology,  senior 
grammar,  senior  arithmetic,  algebra,  advanced  American  history, 
civil  government,  physiology,  penmanship  and  spelling,  physical  cul- 
ture, physical  geography,  commercial  geography,  plane  geometry, 
physics,  and  the  four  courses  in  English,  embracing  reading,  litera- 
ture, composition  and  rhetoric. 

4.  The  courses  in  manual  training  and  mechanical  drawing 
will  give  a knowledge  of  materials  and  tools,  acquaint  the  student 
with  some  of  the  underlying  principles,  and  give  him  some  degree 
of  skill  in  the  fundamental  processes  of  the  industrial  arts.  These 
courses  are  therefore  preparatory  to  a great  many  things,  and 
especially  to  the  laboratories  of  a technical  school  and  a thousand 
and  one  operations  in  practical  life. 


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THE  COMMERCIAL  CURRICULUM. 

This  curriculum  is  provided  for  those  students  who  wish  to 
focus  all  their  attention  upon  preparation  for  a business  career.  It 
does  not  prepare  for  college,  because  it  omits  several  of  the  studies 
necessary  for  that  purpose,  but  it  does  aim  to  train  the  student  as  an 
efficient  accountant  or  stenographer,  or  for  other  responsible  duties 
in  the  counting  house,  and  it  adds  to  this  training  courses  in  history, 
government,  economics,  commercial  law,  and  other  subjects  essential 
to  the  education  of  the  modern  business  man.  For  the  electives  the 
sciences,  a modern  language,  mathematics,  and  history  are  recom- 
mended. 

Graduates  completing  this  schedule  receive  a diploma  certifying 
that  they  have  completed  the  “Commercial  Curriculum.” 


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Explanatory  notes  on  the  curricula: 

1.  The  courses  in  drawing,  manual  training,  music,  physical 
training  and  typewriting  require  no  work  outside  the  class,  and 
the  student  is  expected  to  devote  six  hours  a week  to  them  for  a 
half-course  and  three  hours  a week  for  a quarter-course. 

2.  The  fraction  (J4)  or  (*4)  after  a subject  shows  that  it 
extends  through  the  year  and  is  a half  or  a quarter-course  with 
corresponding  credit. 

3.  Commercial  arithmetic  and  senior  arithmetic, — a student 
may  receive  credit  in  either  one  but  not  in  both  of  these  courses. 

4.  Drawing, — a student  may  take  freehand  or  mechanical 
drawing,  or  he  may  take  courses  in  both  of  these  lines  up  to  a total 
of  two  credits. 

4.  Stenography  I and  II  and  Typewriting  II  are  elective  to 
students  who  take  both  courses  in  bookkeeping,  and  those  who  take 
both  courses  in  stenography  are  not  required  to  take  Bookkeeping  II. 

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TIME  TABLE. 

FOR  THE  MODEL  SCHOOL. 


Period. 

Period. 

I 

8:30 

to 

9:25 

Algebra,  Elementary. 
Drawing,  Mechanical. 
History,  General. 

Latin  III.  (Cicero) 

Physics. 

Physiography. 

V 

1:30 

to 

2:25 

Chemistry. 

Com’l  Geogr.,  ist  Sem. 

Com’l  Arith.,  2nd  Sem. 
English  IV. 

Geometry,  Plane. 

Music  I. 

Stenography  II. 

II 

9:30 

to 

10:25 

Drawing,  Freehand  i. 
Drawing,  Mechanical. 
English  I. 

Stenography  I. 

Latin  IV.  (Virgil) 

Political  Econ’y,  1st.  Sem. 
Commercial  Law,  2nd  Sem. 

VI 

2:30 

to 

3:25 

Algebra,  Adv’d,  ist  Sem. 
History,  Adv.  U.  S. 

Civics,  2nd  Sem. 

Com’l  English. 

German  I. 

Geometry,  Solid,  2nd  Sem. 
Latin  I. 

Music  II. 

Stenogr.  begins  Jan.  5. 

III 

10:30 

to 

11 :25 

Agriculture. 

English  III. 

Manual  Training. 

Padagogy. 

Pen’ship  and  Spelling. 

VII 

3:30 

to 

4:25 

Typewriting. 

Physical  Training. 

IV 

11 :30 
to 

12:25 

B ookkeeping  I. 

Botany. 

Drawing,  Freehand  II. 
English  II. 

History,  English,  2nd.  Sem. 
Manual  Training. 

Physics. 

Physiology,  ist.  Sem. 

All 

Day 

Bookkeeping  II. 

German  II. 

Latin  II.  (Caesar,  etc.) 

Senior  Arith.  ist  Sem. 

Senior  Gram.  2nd  Sem. 

DESCRIPTION  OF  MODEL  SCHOOL  COURSES. 

(Arranged  in  Alphabetical  Order.) 

So  far  as  possible  the  courses  follow  pretty  closely  the  synopsis 
of  work  in  the  various  subjects  in  the  Manual  of  the  State  High 
School  Board.  In  some  instances,  however,  the  courses  of  the 
Model  School  are  more  extensive  than  is  required  by  the  Board. 

Agriculture. — This  course  includes  a study  of  soils,  farm  crops, 
farm  animals,  flowers,  grasses,  trees,  birds  and  insects.  A standard 
text-book  on  agriculture  will  be  used  the  first  part  of  the  semester. 


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Algebra , Elementary. — Through  involution  and  evolution,  the 
simpler  processes  of  radicals  and  exponents  and  quadratics. 

Algebra , Advanced. — First  Semester. — Theory  of  exponents 
(positive,  negative,  zero  and  fractional)  radicals  and  radical  equa- 
tions including  imaginary  expressions,  quadratic  equations  and 
simultaneous  quadratics,  inequalities,  ratio,  proportion,  arithmetical 
and  geometrical  progressions. 

Botany. — This  course  extends  through  the  whole  year.  It  com- 
prises a study  of  algae,  fungi,  liverworts,  mosses,  ferns,  and  flower- 
ing plants.  Each  plant  is  considered  as  an  individual  organism 
which  passes  through  a cycle  of  existence.  Cells,  tissues,  and 
organs  representing  several  phases  of  the  asexual  and  sexual  genera- 
tions are  studied.  Physiological  experiments  in  respiration,  geot- 
ropism  and  other  phenomena  are  used  in  studying  protoplasmic 
responses  to  stimuli.  Excursions  into  the  fields  and  woods  offer  an 
opportunity  for  studying  ecology  and  collecting  material. 

Bookkeeping  I. — The  Sadler-Rowe  Budget  System  is  used  in 
this  course.  This  system  brings  the  counting-house  into  the  school 
room.  Immediately  upon  entering  school  the  student  is  given  a 
position  as  bookkeeper  and  begins  the  actual  practice  of  a book- 
keeper’s duties  from  the  first  day.  A budget  is  placed  in  his  hands 
containing  his  employer’s  instructions  printed  upon  leaves  between 
which  are  arranged  the  incoming  business  papers  (bills,  orders, 
letters,  notes,  drafts,  checks,  currency,  etc.)  from  which  he  makes 
the  proper  entries  in  a set  of  books  provided,  and  makes  out  the 
outgoing  papers  according  to  the  proprietor’s  direction.  He  intelli- 
gently practices  bookkeeping.  All  the  entries  in  his  books  are  made 
direct  from  the  business  papers  received  and  issued.  An  account 
is  opened  at  our  University  Merchants  Bank  (operated  by  students), 
deposits  made,  checks  issued,  and  discounts  negotiated.  After 
becoming  familiar  with  the  duties  of  his  first  position,  the  student 
is  promoted  to  that  of  bookkeeper  for  a larger  establishment,  and 
other  budgets  are  placed  before  him.  A more  extended  set  of 
books  is  introduced,  and  his  knowledge  of  business  transactions  and 
the  resulting  entries  in  various  books  is  broadened  step  by  step.  New 
features  are  added  as  the  student  is  able  to  master  them.  Partners 
are  admitted  and  partnership  interests  adjusted.  Special  department 
accounts  and  branch  store  accounts  are  required. 

Bookkeeping  II. — This  is  a continuation  of  Course  I in  the 
same  subject.  The  aim  of  Course  I is  to  ground  the  student  thor- 


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oughly  in  the  fundamental  principles  of  accounts  and  to  make  him 
familiar  with  all  kinds  of  business  paper,  while  Course  II  gives  him 
practice  in  applying  these  principles  to  various  lines  of  business  and 
in  the  use  of  many  of  the  devices  employed  in  modern  business 
offices.  We  have  well  equipped  offices  illustrating  banking,  whole- 
saling, commission,  real  estate,  insurance,  and  transportation  busi- 
ness. Corporation,  accounting  in  its  various  phases  is  fully  illus- 
trated. Loose  leaf  ledgers  and  card  systems  are  employed  in  some 
parts  of  the  work. 

Students  in  this  course  work  in  conjunction  with  students  in 
four  other  colleges  with  which  we  carry  on  inter-communication 
business  practice  by  mail.  This  adds  a realistic  feature  which  makes 
the  work  very  attractive  to  the  student  and  excites  him  to  his  best 
endeavor. 

Chemistry. — The  student  is  introduced  into  the  elements  of  the 
science  by  experiments,  recitations  and  talks  on  general  chemistry, 
accompanied  by  sufficient  practical  laboratory  work  to  familiarize 
him  thoroughly  with  the  peculiar  chemical  action  of  the  elements 
and  their  compounds,  special  attention  being  given  to  those  of  most 
common  occurrence  and  general  use.  The  work  is  about  equivalent 
to  that  of  Remsen’s  College  Chemistry. 

Civics. — Second  Semester. — The  aim  of  this  course  is  to  give 
the  pupil  a knowledge  of  actual  government,  as  well  as  a knowledge 
of  the  structure  or  framework  of  government.  A part  of  the  study 
is  given  to  North  Dakota  civics,  and  this  work  is  made  as  concrete 
as  possible.  A careful  comparative  study  is  also  made  of  the  con- 
stitutions of  the  United  States  and  of  North  Dakota. 

Commercial  Arithmetic. — Second  Semester. — No  one  is  pre- 
pared to  assume  the  responsibilities  of  an  accountant  who  does  not 
understand  arithmetic  as  used  in  business  transactions, — short  meth- 
ods of  multiplication,  division,  percentage,  insurance,  commission, 
profit  and  loss,  weights  and  measures. 

Commercial  English. — A half  Course. — The  purpose  of  this 
course  is  to  give  increased  facility  in  the  correct  use  of  language; 
to  give  a thorough  drill  in  composition,  punctuation,  capitalization 
and  the  right  use  of  words ; and  to  make  the  pupil  familiar  with  the 
verious  kinds  of  business  papers.  The  course  provides  careful  train- 
ing in  commercial  correspondence,  and  in  writing  advertisements, 
telegrams,  promissory  notes,  checks,  drafts,  orders,  bills,  etc.  A 
review  of  the  most  helpful  parts  of  English  grammar  is  also 
included.  This  is  an  excellent  course  for  stenographers. 


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Commercial  Geography. — First  Semester. — This  subject  treats 
of  the  numerous  commodities  produced  in  the  different  parts  of  the 
world  accessible  to  man ; whether  they  are  found  in  a natural  state 
and  converted  to  the  use  of  man,  or  cultivated  and  grown  by  his 
aid,  or  manufactured  and  changed  in  form  or  composition  so  as  to 
be  fitted  for  his  use.  It  also  treats  of  the  markets  of  such  commo- 
dities and  their  transportation.  Commercial  geography  regards  the 
world  purely  from  a commercial  and  industrial  standpoint.  Supple- 
mentary to  the  work  in  the  text,  the  students  make  extensive  use 
of  government  reports  and  special  works  of  reference  to  be  found 
in  the  University  library.  Students  are  assigned  special  topics  for 
research  and  report.  A number  of  charts,  maps  and  specimens  of 
products  have  been  collected  for  this  work.  A series  of  lantern 
slides,  illustrating  various  phases  of  the  subject,  have  been  pro- 
cured, and  illustrated  lectures  are  given  from  time  to  time. 

Considerable  progress  has  been  made  in  the  direction  of  collect- 
ing materials  for  a commercial  museum.  The  object  of  the  museum 
is  to  exhibit  for  the  inspection  of  students,  especially  those  inter- 
ested in  the  study  of  commercial  geography,  many  of  the  materials 
of  commerce  in  both  the  raw  and  manufactured  state.  So  far  as 
possible  the  exhibits  will  be  made  to  illustrate  the  stages  through 
which  the  product  passes  in  preparation  for  the  market. 

Commercial  Lazv. — Second  Semester. — The  topics  studied  in 
this  subject  are  those  with  which  every  person  doing  business  for 
himself  or  others  should  be  familiar, — contracts,  negotiable  paper, 
sales  of  personal  property,  agency,  partnership,  corporations, 
insurance,  bailments,  real  estate  conveyances.  A library  of  valuable 
reference  books  is  at  the  disposal  of  students  taking  this  course. 

Drazuing , Freehand. — Course  I — a half-course.  Drawing  from 
geometrical  models,  fruits  and  other  objects;  from  still  life,  and 
from  a life  model ; flowers,  grasses  and  other  plant  studies.  Atten- 
tion will  be  paid  to  the  study  of  form,  perspective,  light  and  shade, 
color  and  value  and  textures.  Pencil,  charcoal,  and  water  colors 
will  be  used  as  mediums  . 

Course  II, — a half-course.  Open  to  all  students  who  have 
completed  Course  I and  to  others  who  have  done  equivalent  work 
elsewhere.  Consideration  of  rules  of  perspective;  advanced  study 
of  casts  and  life  model;  design;  study  of  pictures;  art  history. 

Drawing , Mechanical. — Course  I. — This  is  a half  course  and 
consists  of  a thorough  training  in  mechanical  freehand  drawing 


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using  orthographic  projection  instead  of  perspective.  The  object 
sought  is  not  only  to  impart  skill  to  the  hand  but  also  to  train  the 
eye  to  appreciate  distance  and  to  observe  minute  details  as  illus- 
trated in  the  correct  proportions  of  drawing.  The  freehand  work 
is  followed  by  instrumental  drawing  and  tracing. 

Course  II, — a half-course.  This  is  a continuation  of  Course  I 
and  includes  the  working  out  of  details,  lettering  and  the  making 
of  working  drawings,  blue  printing,  etc. 

Other  courses  in  mechanical  drawing  will  be  offered  when  there 
is  a demand  for  the  same. 

English. — Course  I.  (a)  Review  of  English  grammar;  three 
recitations  a week  for  three  months. 

(b)  Elementary  English  composition  and  rhetoric;  three  reci- 
tations a week  for  six  months. 

(c)  Masterpieces;  two  recitations  a week  throughout  the  year. 

For  Study:  Burroughs’  Sharp  Eyes ; Dickens’  Christmas 

Carol;  Goldsmith’s  Desterted  Village;  Gray’s  Elegy;  Hawthorne’s 
Great  Stone  Face,  My  Visit  to  Niagara,  The  Ambitious  Guest,  Old 
Ticonderoga,  The  Great  Carbuncle;  Lowell’s  Vision  of  Sir  Launfal, 
The  Present  Crisis,  Freedom,  To  W.  L.  Garrison,  Wendell  Phillips, 
The  First  Snow-fall,  The  Changeling,  Aladdin. 

For  Cursory  Reading:  Cooper’s  Last  of  the  Mohicans ; Poe’s 
Gold  Bug;  Warner’s  A Hunting  of  the  Deer,  How  I Killed  a Bear, 
Lost  in  the  Woods,  Camping  Out. 

Course  II. — Advanced  rhetoric  and  composition,  twice  a week; 
masterpieces,  three  times  a week;  compositions  in  connection  with 
the  preceding  throughout  the  year. 

For  Study:  Arnold’s  Sohrab  and  Rustum  ;Burns’  The  Cotter’s 
Saturday  Night,  To  a Mouse.  To  a Mountain  Daisy,  For  A’ 
That  and  A’  That,  Epistle  to  J.  Lapraik,  Highland  Mary,  To  Mary 
in  Heaven,  My  Heart’s  in  the  Highlands,  Bruce  to  His  Men  at 
Bannockburn,  Bonnie  Doon ; Carlyle’s  Essay  on  Burns ; Macaulay’s 
Milton;  Milton’s  Minor  Poems  and  Sonnets;  The  Merchant  of 
Venice. 

For  Cursory  Reading:  As  You  Like  It,  The  Iliad  (books  1,  6, 
22,  24),  The  Lady  of  the  Lake,  Treasure  Island. 

Course  III. — History  of  English  literature,  twice  a week ; 
masterpieces,  three  times  a week  and  composition  writing  in  con- 
nection with  both  of  these  lines. 

For  Study:  De  Coverley  Papers,  The  Ancient  Mariner,  Burke’s 


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Conciliation.  Macaulay’s  Essays  on  Addison,  Macbeth,  In  Me- 
moriam. 

For  Cursory  Reading: — Byron’s  The  Prisoner  of  Chillon,  The 
Destruction  of  Sennacherib,  Maid  of  Athens,  Mafceppa;  Flight  of 
a Tartar  Tribe,  Silas  Marner,  Julius  Caesar,  Ivanhoe;  Tennyson’s 
The  Coming  of  Arthur,  Launcelot  and  Elaine,  Guinevere,  The  Pass- 
ing of  Arthur. 

Course  IV.  History  of  American  literature,  twice  a week; 
masterpieces,  three  times  a week,  and  composition  writing  in  con- 
nection with  both  of  these  lines  . 

Geometry , Plane. — The  subject  as  given  in  standard  text-books. 
Attention  is  paid  to  numerical  and  graphic  applications. 

Geometry , Solid. — Second  Semester. — The  course  as  given  in 
standard  text-books  in  the  subject. 

German. — Course  I.  Bacon’s  German  Grammar ; Glueck  Auf ! ; 
Immensee.  Careful  drill  in  pronunciation,  accidence,  and  elementary 
syntax;  memorizing  of  short  poems;  much  writing  and  conversa- 
tion. 

Course  II.  Fossler’s  Practical  German  Conversation;  Minna 
von  Barnhelm;  Wilhelm  Tell;  Die  Journalisten,  or  similar  works. 
Reproduction  from  outlines. 

History. — The  history  work  in  the  Model  High  School  is 
arranged  with  two  purposes  in  view.  First,  to  give  those  who  go 
no  farther  in  their  studies  an  intelligent  view  of  the  nature  and 
order  of  development  of  the  chief  interests  and  institutions  of  some 
section  of  human  society.  Second,  to  qualify  those  who  take 
further  academic  work  to  enter  their  more  specialized  and  intensive 
social  science  studies. 

Two  principles  are  recognized  in  arranging  and  carrying  out 
the  following  courses  to  be  given  at  present.  First,  the  modern 
and  the  present  is  more  valuable  for  practical  citizenship  purposes 
than  the  ancient  and  remote.  Second,  the  socially  significant,  that 
which  accounts  for  the  changes  and  evolution  of  social  institutions, 
receives  chief  emphasis. 

I.  English  History. — Second  Semester. — The  location  and 
physical  conditions  of  England.  The  effect  of  the  fusing  of  popula- 
tions on  the  formation  of  English  institutions.  The  growth  of 
political  institutions  as  conditioned  by  the  economic  changes  and 
social  stratification.  The  Reformation  in  England.  The  industrial 
revolution,  social  legislation  and  reform  since  that  time. 


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II.  General  History. — First  Semester,  Ancient  History. — The 
beginnings  of  civilization  in  the  East.  The  contributions  of  Greece 
and  Rome.  The  break-up,  and  transition  to  the  new.  To  A.  D.  800. 
Text:  Morey’s  Ancient  History. 

Second  Semester,  Modern  History. — New  invasions;  Feudal- 
ism; France;  Germany;  Holy  Roman  Empire;  Empire  and  Papacy; 
Crusades;  rise  of  cities;  rise  of  monarchic  states;  the  Renaissance; 
the  Reformation ; rise  of  modern  nation  states.  The  French  Revo- 
lution ; modern  European  development ; problems  of  the  present  age. 

III.  Advanced  American  History. — Second  Semester. — In  this 
course  relatively  little  time  is  given  to  exploration,  discoveries,  and 
details  of  the  different  colonies.  Two  or  three  colonies  serve  as 
types  of  the  others.  The  growth  of  the  Union,  especially  the 
Economic  and  political  causes  of  the  “Revolution.”  Its  significant 
economic  and  the  inherent  social  causes  of  Union  are  emphasized, 
phases.  The  founding  of  the  new  nation;  attempts  at  constitution 
making, — failures, — remedies ; rise  of  parties ; becoming  independent 
of  Europe;  territorial  expansion;  beginning  of  industrial  revolution 
in  America  development  of  the  West  ; rise  of  new  transportation 
systems;  the  West,  and  the  rise  and  expansion  of  the  new  democ- 
racy; the  development  of. slavery;  Civil  War,  and  reconstruction; 
rise  of  the  “Industrial  Age”;  present  problems.  Text:  Ashley’s 
American  History. 

Latin. — Course  I.  Latin  Lessons,  and  reading  of  easy  prose. 

Course  II.  Selections  from  Viri  Romae,  Nepos,  and  Caesar’s 
Gallic  War;  sight  reading;  prose  composition. 

Course  III.  Cicero:  Orations  in  Catilinam,  De  Imperio  Pom- 
pei,  and  Pro  Archia;  sight  reading;  prose  composition. 

Course  IV.  Vergil:  Aenid,  Books  I- VI.  The  structure  of 
the  dactylic  hexameter  is  studied,  and  careful  attention  is  paid  to 
the  correct  reading  of  the  Latin  text.  Sight  reading ; prose  compo- 
sition. 

Manual  Training. — Course  I,  a half-course.  In  this  course  the 
students  are  taught  the  proper  use  and  care  of  the  carpenter’s  and 
cabinet-maker’s  tools  by  means  of  a series  of  graduated  exercises  in 
joinery  followed  by  exercises  in  wood-turning,  after  which  the  stud- 
ents take  up  cabinet  making  and  make  some  useful  cabinet  or  other 
piece  of  furniture. 

Course  II, — a half-course.  This  is  a continuation  of  Course  I. 

Other  Courses.  Courses  in  iron  working  will  be  offered  when 
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It  is  planned  to  develop  this  work  as  rapidly  as  possible  and 
to  build  up  a model  manual  training  department  in  the  belief  that 
thereby  a valuable  service  would  be  rendered  to  every  progressive 
high  school  in  the  state. 

Music. — Course  I,  a half  course.  Work  in  vocal  music  designed 
to  follow  such  training  as  is  usually  given  in  the  elementary  school. 
Rote  songs,  these  to  be  used  later  as  a basis  of  sight  reading;  study 
of  rhythm;  major,  chromatic,  and  minor  scales;  elementary  work 
in  ear-training,  expression,  invention,  and  harmony. 

Course  II,  a half-course.  Harmony.  For  students  who  have 
completed  Course  I,  or  who  have  elsewhere  had  the  work  which 
it  embraces.  Some  ability  in  piano  or  organ  is  also  desirable.  This 
course  trains  the  student  to  harmonize  a simple  soprano  in  four 
vocal  parts,  involving,  in  major  or  minor  modes,  diatonic  chords 
of  the  seventh  and  modulation,  transient  or  complete,  to  next 
related  keys;  also,  to  analyze  (by  indicating  the  keys,  the  chords  and 
the  various  non-harmonic  tones  employed)  a simple  piece  of  music 
involving  altered  chords,  passing  tones,  suspensions,  appoggiaturas, 
and  pedal-point. 

Pedagogy. — This  course  is  substantially  the  same  as  that  out- 
lined for  high  schools  in  the  Manual  of  the  State  High  School  Board. 

First  Semester. — Elementary  Psychology.  This  semeter’s  work 
deals,  in  an  elementary  way,  with  the  facts  and  theories  of  general 
psychology.  Its  aim  is  to  introduce  the  student  to  a study  of  his  own 
mental  states  as  a preparation  for  tfie  systematic  and  intelligent 
observation  and  direction  of  the  lives  of  others. 

Second  Semester. — Art  of  Teaching.  The  time  of  the  semester 
will  be  about  equally  given  to  the  two  subjects,  School  Management 
and  Special  Method.  In  the  former  a text  will  be  used  and  in  con- 
nection therewith  the  problems  of  the  rural  school  thoroughly 
discussed.  The  aim  of  the  work  in  Special  Methods  will  be  to 
discuss  and  develop  rational  methods  of  handling  the  various 
subjects  of  the  elementary  course  of  study. 

Penmanship  and  Spelling, — a half-course.  Lessons  are  given  in 
rapid  business  writing  throughout  the  year,  and  a drill  upon  the 
spelling,  pronunciation  and  meaning  of  difficult  words  with  special 
emphasis  on  those  used  in  business. 

Physical  Training. — The  director’s  aim  is  to  give  each  student 
a sufficient  amount  of  suitable  physical  exercise,  and  to  make  the 
same  pleasureable  as  well  as  beneficial.  Students  report  for  duty 


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three  hours  a week  and  receive  one-fourth  of  a credit  for  satisfac- 
tory work.  All  young  ladies  rooming  in  the  dormitories  are  required 
to  take  physical  training.  Others  are  required  to  take  one  year  of 
this  work.. 

Physics. — The  subject  is  taught  by  experimental  lectures, 
recitations  and  laboratory  work.  Each  student  is  required  to  per- 
form at  least  fifty  selected  experiments  during  the  year,  and  to 
make  a carefully  written  report  of  his  observations,  results  and 
conclusions  in  each  experiment. 

Physiography. — The  various  forces  which  are  shaping  the 
earth’s  surface  are  first  considered,  followed  by  the  study  of  the 
composition  of  the  earth,  the  student  becoming  familiar  with  some 
of  the  common  minerals  and  rocks.  The  different  land  forms  are 
then  taken  up  in  detail  with  special  reference  to  their  origin,  and 
in  this  work  the  surface  features  of  North  Dakota  receive  particular 
attention.  Recitations,  lectures,  laboratory  work  and  field  excur- 
sions. 

Physiology. — First  Semester. — This  elementary  course  in 
physiology  and  hygiene  includes  a treatment  of  the  following  topics : 
the  cell,  unicellular  organisms,  structure  of  tissues,  the  teeth,  foods, 
digestion  and  nutrition,  circulation,  respiration,  ventilation,  excre- 
tion, nervous  system,  special  senses  and  voice,  personal  hygiene, 
public  health  and  sanitation,  individual  responsibility,  etc. 

The  course  consists  of  class  recitations,  lectures,  demonstra- 
tions, and  experiments.  Text-book:  Davison’s  or  an  equivalent, 
with  special  reference  work. 

Political  Economy. — This  is  an  elementary  course,  giving  a 
general  survey  of  the  whole  field  of  economics.  The  underlying 
principles  of  the  science  are  studied,  and  also  their  application  to 
social  and  economic  problems. 

Senior  Grammar. — Prerequisites;  two  year-courses  in  English. 

This  subject  is  an  elective  for  all  students,  but  especially  recom- 
mended to  those  whose  aim  is  teaching.  The  course  is  similar  in 
grade  and  content  to  that  outlined  in  the  Manual  of  the  State  High 
School  Board.  The  aim  is  a comprehensive  and  intensive  study  of 
the  subject  for  such  a mastery  as  was  impossible  three  or  four 
years  before  in  the  eight  grade,  and  also  a conscious  study  of  the 
pedagogical  procedure.  In  the  grades  grammar  must  be,  largely, 
a formal  study,  while  here  it  is  a thought  subject  par  excellence. 

Senior  Arithmetic. — Prerequisites:  algebra  and  plane  geometry 


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This  subject  is  an  elective  for  all  students,  but  especially  recom- 
mended to  those  whose  aim  it  is  to  prepare  for  teaching.  The 
grade  and  content  of  the  course  are  substantially  the  same  as  that 
announced  and  outlined  in  detail  in  the  high  school  manual  in  this 
state.  It  affords  an  excellent  review,  but  this  is  only  incidental.  The 
main  purpose  is  an  insight  into  the  why  of  all  the  arithmetical  pro- 
cesses and  a knowledge  and  practice  of  good  pedagogical  procedure. 
The  student  brings  to  this  subject  a maturity  and  scholarship  which 
he  did  not  have  when  he  studied  arithmetic  three  or  four  years 
before  in  the  eighth  grade  and  when  it  was  impossible  to  secure  a 
thorough  grasp,  or  mastery  of  the  subject. 

Stenography  I. — The  aim  of  Course  I in  this  subject  is  to  train 
stenographers  to  write  at  a good  rate  of  speed  and  transcribe  notes 
accurately  and  rapidly  on  the  typewriter.  The  first  part  of  the  course 
is  devoted  to  the  principles  of  the  system ; the  latter  part  is  planned 
with  reference  to  the  needs  of  the  amanuensis,  dictation  being  given 
in  actual  business  correspondence,  which  is  transcribed  and  handed 
in  for  criticism.  The  Gregg  shorthand  is  used.  The  regular  class 
in  this  course  comes  at  Period  II,  but  an  additional  class  of  begin- 
ners is  organized  immediately  after  the  Christmas  vacation  and 
meets  at  Period  VI. 

Stenography  II. — Prerequisite,  Course  I.  This  course  is 
planned  with  reference  to  the  needs  of  the  reporter.  This  work 
consists  of  advanced  dictation  leading  to  newspaper  and  court 
reporting.  Special  attention  is  given  to  legal  forms.  Opportunity 
is  offered  for  practical  work  in  reporting  lectures,  sermons  and 
debates. 

Typewriting  I, — a half-course.  In  the  first  part  of  this  course 
the  student’s  efforts  are  directed  to  acquiring  a command  of  the 
keyboard  of  the  typewriter  by  the  touch  method.  Following  this 
well  selected  business  forms  are  copied,  neatness  and  accuracy  being 
the  chief  requirements.  All  work  is  carefully  examined,  criticised, 
and  graded.  All  work  which  meets  the  required  standard  is  filed 
by  the  student  and  from  time  to  time  is  bound  into  portfolios  to  be 
preserved  until  the  completion  of  the  course. 

Typewriting  may  be  taken  up  at  any  time  during  the  school 
year,  as  the  instruction  is  almost  wholly  individual.  Hours  are 
arranged  to  suit  the  student’s  program  in  other  studies. 

Typewriting  II, — a half -course.  In  this  advanced  work  short- 
hand notes  are  transcribed  on  the  machine,  and  dictation  is  given  for 


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the  purpose  of  acquiring  speed.  Speed  tests  are  held  frequently,  and 
students  are  stimulated  to  do  accurate  and  rapid  work.  Tabulating, 
manifolding,  and  manuscript  copying  (such  as  is  required  in  Civil 
Service  examinations)  form  a part  of  the  work.  The  department 
is  equipped  with  the  standard  writing  machines,  mineographs,  copy- 
ing presses,  and  filing  cases,  and  each  student  is  given  the  oppor- 
tunity to  become  proficient  in  the  methods  employed  in  the  best 
equipped  modern  offices. 


